LEFTIES, the FAMOUS and the INFAMOUS U.S. PRESIDENTS RECORDING ARTISTS James Garfield, 20th President Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) Herbert Hoover, 31st President Phil Collins (Genesis) Harry S. Truman, 33rd President Don and Phil Everly (The Everly Gerald Ford, 38th President Brothers - 100% of the group!) George H.W. Bush, 41st President Jimi Hendrix Bill Clinton, 42nd President Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings) Barack Obama, 44th President Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) Tiny Tim Some notes about the Presidents: Rudy Valee (1) Ronald Reagan was rumored to have VISUAL ARTISTS been born left-handed but was forced to switch early in his life. However, no Don Adams (Actor) documentation, photos, or witnesses Dan Aykroyd (Actor) have come forth to verify. So he is Eddie Albert (Actor) disqualified from this elite list. Tim Allen (Actor) June Allyson (2) Grover Cleveland was elected to Harry Anderson (Actor) two non-consecutive terms and is Amitabh Bachchan (Indian actor) counted twice. Herschel Bernardi Robert Blake (Actor) (3) The totals, then, is out of 43 US Matthew Broderick (Actor) Presidents, 7 have been left-handed. Bruce Boxleitner This is about twice the national Carol Burnett (Actress) percentage. Does the data suggest George Burns (Comedian) that if you are left-handed, you have Ruth Buzzi (Comedienne) slightly better chance of becoming a Drew Carey (Actor) US president? Probably not, but it is Keith Carradine (Actor) fun to speculate. Khaled Chahrour (Egyptian actor) Charlie Chaplin (Actor) George Gobel (Comedian) Chuck Conners (Actor) Hans Conreid James Cromwell Tom Cruise (Actor) Quinn Cummings Daniel Davis Steve McQueen (Actor) Bruce Davison Howie Mandel (Comedian) Matt Dillon (Actor) Marcel Marceau (Mime) Marty Engles (Comedian) Harpo Marx (Actor) Olivia de Havilland Marsha Mason Robert DeNiro (Actor) Mary Stuart Masterson Michael Dorn Anne Meara (Comedian) Fran Drescher (Comedian) Sasha Mitchell Richard Dreyfuss (Actor) Marilyn Monroe (Actress) W.C. Fields Robert Morse Peter Fonda (Actor) Anthony Newley Greta Garbo (Actress) Kim Novak Terri Garr Ryan O’Neal (Actor) Paul Michael Glaser Sarah Jessica Parker (Actress) Whoopie Goldberg (Actress) Estelle Parsons Betty Grable (Actress) Anthony Perkins (Actor) Cary Grant (Actor) Ron Perlman Peter Graves (Actor) Luke Perry Mark Hamill (Actor) Bronson Pinchot Rex Harrison (Actor) Joe Piscopo (Comedian) Goldie Hawn (Actress) Brad Pitt (Actor married to actress Joey Heatherton Angelina Jolie, another lefty) Tippi Hedren Robert Preston Jim Henson (Puppeteer) Michael J. Pollard Rock Hudson (Actor) Richard Pryor (Comedian) Angelina Jolie (Actress married to Robert Redford (Actor) actor Brad Pritt, another lefty) Keanu Reeves (Actor) Gabe Kaplan (Actor) Don Rickles (Comedian) Danny Kaye (Actor) Julia Roberts (Actress) Diane Keaton (Actress) Mickey Rourke (Actor) George Kennedy Eva Marie Saint Nicole Kidman (Actress) Telly Savalas (Actor) Lisa Kudrow Jean Seberg Michael Landon (Actor) Jerry Seinfeld (Comedian) Hope Lange Christian Slater Joey Lawrence Dick Smothers (Comedian) Peter Lawford Brent Spiner (Actor) Cloris Leachman Sylvester Stallone (Actor) Hal Linden (Actor) Terence Stamp Cleavon Little Jessica Steen Shirley MacLaine Rod Steiger Andrew McCarthy Alan Thicke Kristy McNichol (Actress) Terry Thomas (Comedian) Emma Thompson Tom Glavine Rip Torn Lefty Gomez (Pitcher) Peter Ustinov (Actor) Leon “Goose” Goslin (Pitcher) Brenda Vaccaro Ken Griffey, Jr. Karen Valentine Tony Gwynn Rudy Vallee Rickey Henderson Dick Van Dyke (Actor) Kent Hrbek Wil Wheaton (Actor) “Shoeless” Joe Jackson James Whitmore Reggie Jackson Treat Williams David Justice Bruce Willis (Actor) Wally Joyner William Windom (Actor) Sandy Koufax (Pitcher) Oprah Winfrey (Actress) John Kruk Mare Winningham Tommy Lasorda (Manager) Joanne Woodward (Comedienne) Kenny Lofton Keenan Wynn Kevin Maas Stephanie Zimbalist John McGras Fred McGriff BASEBALL Heinie Manush Dave Martinez Steve Carlton (Pitcher) Don Mattingly Whitey Ford (Pitcher) Jackie Mitchell Paul Gibson (Pitcher) Stan Musial Lefty Grove (Pitcher) Troy O’Leary Ron Guidry (Pitcher) Paul O’Neil Al Habrosky (Pitcher) John Olerud Steve Howe (Pitcher) Mel Ott Bruce Hurst (Pitcher) Rafael Palmeiro Carl Hubbell (Pitcher) Dan Pasqua Randy Johnson (Pitcher) Babe Ruth (Pitcher and Outfielder) Tommy John (Pitcher) Vin Scully (Broadcaster) Bob Kipper (Pitcher) Warren Spahn Joe Magrane (Pitcher) Casey Stengel Greg Swindell (Pitcher) Darryl Strawberry Brady Anderson Lou Whitaker Steve Avery Ted Williams Harold Baines Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) Barry Bonds Lou Brock Brett Butler Will Clark Lenny Dykstra John Franco OTHER SPORTS Included on some left-handed lists, but definitely not left-handed, include Bruce Jenner (Decathloner) John McEnroe (Tennis Player) Ronald Reagan (US president) Greg Louganis (Diver) Mark Spitz (Swimmer) Ben Hogan (Golfer) FICTIONAL Shirley Jones (Actress/Singer) Kermit the Frog Bart Simpson (of The Simpsons) Ned Flanders (Also of The Simpsons) THE INFAMOUS ONES Albert Henry DeSalvo, AKA the Boston Strangler (Serial killer) John Dillinger (Bank robber) Jack-the-Ripper, serial killer The devil is also portrayed as being left-handed as the Latin word for left, “sinistra” is also the origin of the word, “sinister”. http://lefthandeddragon.wordpress.com/.